snd-maestro3 is a Linux kernel module supporting ESS Technology's Maestro3/Allegro PCI audio controller. It is an [[ALSA]] driver provided in Linux 2.6 mainline kernels. The driver is also available via the DebianPkg:alsa-source package.

snd-maestro3 is a Linux kernel module supporting ESS Technology's Maestro3/Allegro PCI audio controller. It is an [[ALSA]] driver provided in the Linux kernel.

In [[DebianPkg:src:linux-2.6|linux-2.6]] 2.6.23-1, the binary-only firmware in this driver was removed (see the [[http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/l/linux-2.6/current/changelog#versionversion2.6.23-1|package changelog]]), due to discovered [[KernelFirmwareLicensing|licensing issues]]. This was also removed from the alsa-source package to resolve bug DebianBug:483918.

In [[DebianPkg:src:linux|linux-2.6]] 2.6.23-1, the binary-only firmware in this driver was removed, due to discovered [[KernelFirmwareLicensing|licensing issues]]. This was also removed from the DebianPkg:alsa-source package to resolve bug DebianBug:483918.